Re: Chris King Headset Overhaul.. PHEW!

"Kenny Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

eric-<< Your techique is superior to any mechanic I have know.
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Right, particularly the part about using a screw driver to pound the cup
out....don worry about that great big gouge in the headtube...

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

Gee whiz Peter. Good thing before pounding the headset cups back in I
swabbed a layer of grease in the head tube. Yep, no need to worry
because there were no gouges. At least none I could see with the naked
eye or feel with my finger.

I'm more surprised that you didn't gouge the cups.

Greg

G.T. said:

"Kenny Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm more surprised that you didn't gouge the cups.

Greg

I'm surprised that you're surprised. The whole cup extraction procedure
was really simple. All you do is hold the screwdriver at a very shallow
angle in relation to the head tube. Place the flathead screwdriver head
squarely on the bottom edge of the cup and then give it a healthy whack
with the rubber mallet. The second whack occurs directly opposite the
first one. The third one is at the 9 o'clock position. The next one is
at the 3 o'clock position. After a few cycles of this the cup pops out.
No gouges and my tool never slipped.

Kenny Lee

Kenny Lee said:

G.T. said:

"Kenny Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm more surprised that you didn't gouge the cups.

Greg

I'm surprised that you're surprised. The whole cup extraction procedure
was really simple. All you do is hold the screwdriver at a very shallow
angle in relation to the head tube. Place the flathead screwdriver head
squarely on the bottom edge of the cup and then give it a healthy whack
with the rubber mallet. The second whack occurs directly opposite the
first one. The third one is at the 9 o'clock position. The next one is
at the 3 o'clock position. After a few cycles of this the cup pops out.
No gouges and my tool never slipped.

Never happened that way for me. The last one I removed from a fork I just
sold and even with much care there was a small gouge in one of the cups.
These cups were pressed very tightly in the headtube, I thought I'd never
get them out.

Greg